Thursday, May 26, 2011

Missing You Is a Chronic Condition

Quick sketches by June Anderson.

Thursday, May 25, 1950

112 West 86th Street

New York City, NY

Dear Art,

Quick sketch byJune Anderson.

I feel much better tonight, darling. We all went to the movies and saw a couple of revivals. Evie bought a lot of clothes so she felt better. I’ve been working very hard at school and I’m feeling very tired.

Shirl’s going out tonight. A friend of mine might come over. If she does, we’ll do homework together. I have plenty but I’m not going to worry about it. I should be able to finish everything on time.

Seriously, there’s nothing much to tell you. I guess nothing happens to me except when I’m with you. Then there’s too much, and all too wonderful to tell. Missing you is becoming a chronic condition with me. It’s because I love you so much. What more can I say?

I hope you have my compact and comb with you on Friday night. I’m sure I left them with you. Look through your pockets. Maybe we’d better start tying strings around our fingers on Sunday nights – I didn’t expect that you’d be just as forgetful as I am!

No comments:

Post a Comment

About June and Art

We have 180 letters that tell the story of the courtship of June Virginia Anderson and Arthur Werner Price. The story told in these letters begins on October 1, 1949, and ends on Sept. 1, 1951.

For the first eight months, the letters and supplementary information will be posted real time (minus 61 years). The final three months will telescope the period from June 1950 to Sept. 1, 1951, so that the blog will end on Sept. 1, 2011, celebrating an event that took place 60 years previous.

Artwork by June and Art, as well as period photographs, will accompany the entries.

Our Cast of Characters

June Anderson: 20 years old, attending Traphagen School of Fashion in Manhattan, in love with Art.

Art Price: 22 years old; served in Navy (1945-47); working as a grocery clerk in Southampton, NY; in love with June.

Shirley Stahl: aka Shirl, June’s roommate in New York City, also attends Traphagen.

Bruno Marcincuk: One of Art's friends in Southampton and a co-worker at Roulston's grocery store.

Blog created by...

Lee Price and Jamie Pelley are the son and daughter of June and Art. They can be reached at leeaprice at comcast.net.

Followers

Queries

Looking for exterior or interior images of Traphagen School of Fashion, circa 1949